pointless signing, certainly didnt need him for 100m
Jack Grealish | Man City
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Hmm, I want to agree because I always think he ‘looks’ dangerous with the ball but then it usually just ends up as nothing happening
Was ok today, he'll get alot of flak for that chance off the line but in truth he created more than Jesus, Foden and KDB combined.
100m and no one says anything? He’s been a flop.
He was one of City’s best players when he came on and did brilliant for both of those chances, was just unlucky.
You’d swear he single handedly blew the game with some of the responses in here.
You’d swear he single handedly blew the game with some of the responses in here.
Has massively underwhelmed this season and doesn't have the Sancho excuse of walking into a shit-show either.
"No one says anything" in a thread where Grealish is criticized.
Some people have a weird resentment for him. I don't really get it. He was very good when he came on, and was better than any of De Bruyne, Jesus, Foden, and Sterling. Even Mahrez wasn't great, but he did score and that gives him leeway.
He created those two chances from nothing, also. The second one was a great save from Courtois. Maybe they would have done better starting him today?
I would think that is quite a promising display, especially when they are signing Haaland. Think those two will have a great relationship.
Not an X factor and that’s what city needed. And by city I mean pep because it’s now 11 years since his last cl
To think, those chances at the end seemed bit of a formality at the time. Damn
When the attack is Sterling Grealish, that feels like a team throwing in the towel cos those 2 wont get you anything clutch
Rodrygo scored his first 2 shots Grealish missed his
Rodrygo scored his first 2 shots Grealish missed his
Grealish put in a decent shift today and was unlucky not to score.
Changed the game when he came on, for the worse...
To be fair he was very unlucky on that chance.
To be fair he was very unlucky on that chance.
Just came to the Santiago Bernebeau for the Snapchat story and vibes.
For 100m you would expect him to be the difference maker in the big games, but no, that 100m should have went to a striker like Kane who would have buried one of those chances tonight. Pep just bought him to win City fouls near the opposition box. Peps ego to win things without a striker is his down fall
As my British friends in NYC would say, massive failure innit?
He deleted that 8 year old Hala Madrid tweet 
Typical that it had to be him missing some chances, before RM got back into the game, wasn't it?
Sums up his entire City career and I highly doubt it will change. He is remarkably okay.
He created those two chances by himself out of thin air, and Mendy and Courtois had to resort to WC saves to keep the ball out of the net. He's been a solid flop this year but singling him out tonight is nothing more than a tired meme.
I think the point is for £100m he's supposed to be the difference maker in a game exactly like tonight.
I'm a fan of his as a player but it's the wrong player at the wrong club. Clear as day.
That first chance he had a bad touch in the last moment and lost the composure to finish. It was more bad luck than anything else.
City don't really use his skills well. He's not a final ball specialist. He's a dribbler in the form of a Hazard. I always felt he would work way better in the 8 positions, seems he doesn't have the work rate Pep may require in that position, which is why he shifted him out wide. I believe he would do a lot of good in so many teams, including our own. It's not City's fault either, just not a good fit for what Pep would like. The irony is Sancho would be fantastic for City.
He's English and those who are tearing him apart now and loving his struggles were eyeing up his calf muscles with their willy in their hand, shouting for him to bench England's best player at the Euros. Then he signed for City and the narrative changed.
Jury is still out on him for me, he looks like just another good player among many right now but lacking the end product of his teammates.
This was always the problem I feel, it's not really a question if Grealish is a bad player, it's that there aren't enough dynamics in his game to suit this Pep Guardiola team.
In a team where Jack is able to be the focal point in leading up to the attack that's where his best influence is. But you consider Foden, KDB, Mahrez and Silva I just don't see Grealish getting enough traction with these profile of players already present.
Do you know why so many opposition fans seem to hate him? He gets a particularly high amount of heat wherever he goes it seems like. Is it the Keira Knightley hair?
Why did Pep bring him on late in the game? Shouldn't he have got a defensive player on to see out the Or was there an injury?
Being unlucky is generally a difference between good players and top players.
It's interesting that the focus is on his missed chances. Personally, I think his lazy defending against Carvajal before the second Madrid goal was worse.
It isn't luck if he isn't a goal scorer though. He basically had an open goal with his first chance
I was saying this last night...could you imagine if we'd signed him for that amount? Weekly articles about how hes a flop. Lukaku as well. £12m for Ronaldo was the best bit of business done by any club last summer.
Is it just me that thinks the 'clearance' of the line wasn't actually a clearance, that ball was not going in.
Honestly, he played quite well. He just didn’t score a rather difficult goal. That’s it, basically. No idea where the hate comes from.
I actually agree, he's a bit more risky in that he'll lose the ball more but he gets in behind and 'creates' a lot more shooting opportunities and gets defences scrambling more than Foden in particular. Most teams would love this but Pep hates losing the ball so he's had this bit part season. KDB looked half dead yesterday.
I don't see what Foden brings, he just doesn't do anything when the chips are down, and his need players to stand up and be counted.
He os massively overhyped for what he actually does or brings to a side.
City needed him yesterday, and what did he do, absolutely nothing.
Same for de Bruyne, he has load of hype, but mentally he is sooo weak, he cracks under pressure.
I agree, I think it's been City's main problem.
In the UCL knockouts they don't have anyone that steps up in the big games (other than Mahrez). Aguero was never it either. I mean when a rotational player (Mahrez) that you signed 4 years ago is already your leading goal scorer in the UCL knockout stages you know you have a problem.
Good player but needs too much on the ball to make an impact, you would have to be Messi level to have that role at city, should consider signing for an Arsenal.
Even though they are different levels, Grealish transfer had Kleberson vibes to it in that City were planning on a double swoop of Grealish and Kane to be a new lethal combo like we were expecting Kleberson and Ronaldinho. Unfortunately, City only cooked half the cake in the end.